Nicola K Dinsdale

I am currently working as a post-doctoral research associate in the Oxford Machine Learning in NeuroImaging Lab (OMNI), working with Dr. Ana Namburete, in the Department of Computer Science. I studied for my DPhil (PhD) in the Analysis Group at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University of Oxford, where I researched deep learning based approaches for neuroimaging analysis, supervised by Prof. Mark Jenkinson and Dr. Ana Namburete, funded by the UKRI EPRSC/MRC as part of the ONBI DTC.

My research uses computer vision and deep learning to solve medical imaging problems. I am especially interested in exploring methods to overcome the barriers to clinical translatability of deep learning methods and robust deep learning, and I am open to collabortion opportunities.

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Recent Highlights

Automated quality assessment using appearance-based simulations and hippocampus segmentation on Low-field paediatric brain MR images
Vaanathi Sundaresan, Nicola K Dinsdale
Low Field Pediatric Brain Magnetic Resonance Image Segmentation and Quality Assurance Challenge, 2024
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Winner of LISA Challenge 2024 @ MICCAI 2024

UniFed: A unified deep learning framework for segmentation of partially labelled, distributed neuroimaging data
Nicola K Dinsdale, Mark Jenkinson, Ana IL Namburete
bioRxiv, 2024
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We propose UniFed, a unified federated harmonisation framework, which enables three key processes to be completed: 1) the training of a federated partially labelled harmonisation network, 2) the selection of the most appropriate pretrained model for a new unseen site, and 3) the incorporation of a new site into the harmonised federation.

Anatomically plausible segmentations: Explicitly preserving topology through prior deformations
Madeleine K Wyburd, Nicola K Dinsdale , Ana IL Namburete, Mark Jenkinson
Medical Image Analysis 2024
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Our model, TEDS-Net, generates anatomically plausible segmentations through deforming a prior shape with the same topology as the anatomy of interest.

QAERTS: Geometric Transformation Uncertainty for Improving 3D Fetal Brain Pose Prediction from Freehand 2D Ultrasound Videos
Jayroop Ramesh, Nicola K Dinsdale, the INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium, Pak-Hei Yeung, Ana IL Namburete
MICCAI 2024 [Early Acceptance - top 11%]
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We propose an uncertainty-aware deep learning model for automated 3D plane localization in 2D fetal brain images.

Research Themes

Harmonisation and Domain Adaptation
Robust Segmentation
Translating Deep Learning
Privacy Preservation
Explainable AI

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